From a distance, I could see steam rising from the skylight like a steamer, and a large group of soldiers in ragged clothes poured in chatting and laughing.

This is the first time in many days that I go out without a gun. Not even a pistol!

Li Yuan and Bayan walked side by side. They spent the first day after the troops withdrew to rest.

I slept all day, and when I had enough sleep I just ate.

Canned meat, canned fruit, roasted knives from the mainland, Laolongkou, etc. are available. Even the soldiers can eat canned roasted chicken.

Anyway, they are all canned, and those that are not canned are just those baskets of apples.

Apples are very big, and the bigger ones can be as big as a doll's head.

Not only is it big, but it's also sweet.

It’s not a species from the Ming Dynasty, it’s said to be an apple species from Japan, and it’s called Red Fuji.

No matter who he is, Japan is now a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yuan and Bayan firmly believe that this is the apple species of the Ming Dynasty.

Not only are there apples, but there is also a kind of bubbling wine called beer.

As soon as I took it into my mouth, it felt like horse urine.

But I drank it cup by cup and it felt very refreshing.

While drinking, it was no longer the case. A group of big men were so drunk that they staggered around, found a wall and started vomiting.

Moreover, this stuff is very addictive. After drinking too much, I feel dizzy.

Especially those who drank mixed beer and liquor, they were basically carried back.

Well, everyone has been drunk for another day.

They were all withdrawn from the front lines and no one cared about them.

You can get drunk for as many days as you like, as long as you don't get drunk to death.

After being in a state of intoxication for several days, Li Yuan thought he might as well take a shower.

There were lice all over my body and hair.

They say if there are too many lice, don’t bite them!

Li Yuan felt that these words were pure fart!

Uh...it's nothing to those guys like Bayan. These guys haven't bathed very much since they were young. The lice on their bodies were removed at the Xi'an Training Center.

Lice are sometimes considered snacks for them.

Li Yuan saw Bayan digging it out in his arms for a long time, then throwing it into his mouth, and he could clearly hear a "Gaba" sound.

This guy is so eloquent, but he allows this little thing to eat and drink me, but he doesn’t allow me to eat it?

It seemed to make sense, but Li Yuan still felt a little disgusted.

Bayan can not care, but Li Yuan cannot care.

So I dragged Bayan to the bathhouse!

He didn't understand why the bathhouse was divided into officers' and soldiers' bathhouses. Listening to the noise at the soldiers' pool, Bayan felt a little uncomfortable.

"Damn it, why don't you let us be together with our brothers? There are only a few people washing here, it's not lively at all."

Bayan hissed and got into the hot water pool. He started to complain as soon as he got used to the hot water.

"Ouch!

It was so cold on the battlefield that my bones were brittle, and it was only when I soaked in hot water that I felt like a human being.

Soldiers go to soldiers' bathhouses, and officers go to officer's bathhouses.

This is a death rule from above. I didn’t see any military police standing at the door.

Soak it well, you will see that two pounds of mud can be rubbed off your body."

"Then why was my hair shaved? I was so bald. It's such a cold weather and I didn't even leave a hair on my head."

"You think this is your old Mongolian home, and you still keep a little bit of it in your heart.

Don't even think about it, your hair is full of lice.

If I don't shave you off, I'll have to eat and drink as much of your flesh and blood as possible.

Besides, didn’t I get shaved too?”

Li Yuan pointed angrily at the shaved green skin on his head!

The troops withdrew and let the sheep graze for three days.

Now the troops began to get their hair cut and shaved, and before entering the bathhouse, all their rags were thrown into the stove and burned.

Li Yuan heard a "crackling" sound inside his clothes and felt extremely itchy.

The water was hot enough to shed the skin, but Li Yuan didn't care.

The hot water is just enough to wash away the lice on my body, and there are a lot of them floating on the water, all of which floated up after being scalded to death.

The mud tendons on his body became tangled after being rubbed. He thought he looked quite spectacular. But when he saw Bayan, Li Yuan was immediately shocked.

The mud tendons rubbed off this guy's body were as thick as his little finger, and they fell to the ground.

Li Yuan felt that the mud on this guy might have blocked the sewer.

Rub the mud off your body and apply soap.

Lying on the hot kang, with a pot of tea and a large piece of green radish, it tastes very smooth and delicious.

"I said to the battalion commander, how many days can we rest? Looking at the momentum, they won't send us back to Daming directly.

Do you think I can really go to the Western Regions and become a farm director or something like that when I go back? Can the officials help me talk about my mother-in-law?"

Bayan is not used to drinking tea, but he is very satisfied with green radish.

For more than two months, the only fresh food was apples. The rest of the time, all I ate was canned food.

When I first joined the army, I looked forward to eating canned food. I thought canned food was the most delicious thing in the world.

Now I feel sick when I see canned food, especially canned meat.

Of course, except for canned fruits.

Although the stuff is sweet, it tastes better than canned meat.

“Save it!

You see how this battle is going on, recruits are constantly being sent from the rear.

You definitely won't be able to finish the fight in a short while, and you will have to fight for a while.

But that's fine, as long as you survive these few months, you will have hope for the rest of your life.

I thought that Ming Dynasty did not really want to go to France.

After all, in such a big place, we simply don't have enough troops.

And even if it is defeated, we have no way to control it. The commander-in-chief will not do anything that will not benefit us.

You, a top soldier, have now become a company commander.

After two more battles, it will be no problem to be promoted to battalion commander.

You, you will rely on these few months for the rest of your life.

If you really become the leader, you won't have to worry about anything in your life. Not to mention a mother-in-law, you will have a house and land."

"Then I want one with a big fucking ass." Bayan gnawed on the green radish and said vaguely.

"Look at your potential!

We will accept new recruits tomorrow, keep your eyes open and choose carefully. Don’t always pick some cowards!”

Li Yuan took a sip of tea and groaned comfortably.

The tea soup was golden yellow, and it looked like something good at first sight. I hadn’t had tea in a long time, and I almost forgot what tea tasted like.

"That's not right! We are a Mongolian battalion, and the whole army is just one Mongolian battalion.

Of course the ones sent are all Mongolians, so why should we choose?"

"It's different, this time they are soldiers sent directly from the Xi'an Replacement Center.

I heard that there are not many Mongolians, and even if there are, they are Mongolians who farm the land, and they are not much different from the Han people."

"Why is this happening? Could it be that all the men on the grassland are dead?

Our casualties have been relatively high in the past few months, but they are only a few hundred casualties. Could it be said that the grassland and desert cannot even gather 1,800 people?"

Bayan was very surprised and didn't understand why the reinforcements from the rear were no longer Mongolian.

"I don't know why, but there are no more Mongolians coming here.

Perhaps your Geritu leader is really unwilling to send Mongols over again."
To be continued...